This company has called me 3 times in the last month looking for a person that rented the house that I have lived in now for 5 years. She hasn't lived here for over 6 years. Being an upright citizen and not knowing who these scammers were, I called them back 2 times insisting I do not know this woman and please remove my number from the list. They continue to call, and yes they do sound like frankly uneducated people of color so I am not sure if the company is legit or not, you would think they would at least be able to hire people who speak proper english in this economy but who knows. This past time the man got very snotty with me but gave me his name-- Mike Profitt. He seems to be the supervisor although I doubt he can spell supervisor.
Anyway, if you call the FTC to lodge a complaint they will investigate. They also said the phone company may be able to block calls from them if they persist.
Knowing my rights as a consumer helps, if this debt is over 6 years old and I bet it was or they wouldn't have MY address for her, it is uncollectable at this point so they can't be too reputable. I bet ms ghetto tina is the one that put the comment on there about the bank account frozen. The fact that half the words were spelled incorrectly was my first clue.
Abrupt, ghetto-fabulous Tina called me. She tried to scare me with same as above threats. When she raised her voice, I asked to speak to her supv. When the Supv. got on; I explained to her that I would not tolerate such behavior as Ms Tina had exhibited. I told Her that if this had any thing to with collections that she should send it to me in writing and that I never had this card and that I don't know them from beans and that I know I can not be arrested for a civil complaint and the their address they had for me was incorrect. The Supv. stated that she understood and said that Tina had no business being unprofessional. I said or how about the fact that she is a liar? The Supv. again stated that she understood then abruptly hung up. I don't think I will hear from them again
Okay.. i just got a call from the same number and i started googling at my desk and lo and behold i'm talking to same super ghetto Tina as well.
she tried to lead me into thinking that a summons would be coming this Thursday BUT she wanted to know if maybe i wanted to work this out and avoid court.
Yeah she started this last summer with my family, first out of Ohio in the Cleveland area, now they seem to be in Maryland. Tina calls every few weeks and makes all these threats to which nothing has happened. I follow the clek of courts here in town and nothing has ever shown up in the courts, she tries to scare and intimidate. because I like to screw with her I will bring up Cleveland na d she backs down. I have told her I have been waiting since the last time she called for the police to show up and NOTHING!!. The one time I did receaive mail it was from a different company than who called and the letterhead was reproduced poorly on a crappy copy machine. The addresses on the letterhead didn't even match the address on the outer envelope. This whole thing is a scam and any of theese folks on here that say they got served and their accounts froze and such are a part of the scam. There are so many ghost numbers and fake agencies she and others call from that you couldn't list them all.She called a few minutes ago. I told her I had been waiting to see when she would call and where was my summons, and how was the weather in Cleveland or is it maryland now, she got pissy and hung up.There are legit compannies out there, but, she and her cronies are not one of them. They buy these wrote off debts for pennies and try to collect anything if they can, for their profit, don't fall for it.
By the way, here is one of the many numbers used to operate out of Ohio 216-393-0456. There are at least 20-30 others they used in this suburb outside of Cleveland Ohio. They just get new cell phones in other states, and try to pull the same crap. Tina always calls back may be every few months but I know the voice and call her out on it everytime. If you are concerned check clerk of courts in your area and check with your law enforcement agency in your town, if their is a legit civil case they show up on clerk of courts sight, It is publicly available. They are a bunch of scammers who will phish you for any nugget of info they can get out of you, be careful!!!